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Process Capability: Specification Limits Set at

This document discusses process capability and how to calculate process capability indices. It defines process capability as the variability of a product in relation to specification limits, which can be high, medium, or low capability. It provides equations for the Process Capability Index Cp and Process Performance Index Cpk. An example is given to calculate the mean, standard deviation, Cp, and Cpk from viscosity data and determine if the process is high, medium, or low capability.

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Process Capability: Specification Limits Set at

This document discusses process capability and how to calculate process capability indices. It defines process capability as the variability of a product in relation to specification limits, which can be high, medium, or low capability. It provides equations for the Process Capability Index Cp and Process Performance Index Cpk. An example is given to calculate the mean, standard deviation, Cp, and Cpk from viscosity data and determine if the process is high, medium, or low capability.

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Process Capability

Whether a process is capable of meeting specification refers to the variability


of the product in relation to the specification limits.

Specification
Limits set at:
Frequency

High
Capability
 6
Mean

Medium
Frequency

Capability  3
Frequency

Low
Capability  2
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Process Capability Indices
Process Capability Index Cp

Cp = specification range
6 × standard deviation

< 1 = low , 1.0 to 1.60 = medium , >1 = high

Process Performance Index Cpk

Cpk = lower of A or B

A = upper specification limit - long term mean


3 × standard deviation

B = long-term mean - lower specification limit


3 × standard deviation
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Calculating the Process Capability
A product has a viscosity specification of 165 +/-5 units. The data below show how the viscosity
has changed over the last 80 batches. Calculate the mean and standard deviation (use a
calculator) and process capability (Cp) and (Cpk) values. Is the production process high , medium
or low capability? What is the consequence of the Cpk value?
Batch Viscosity Batch Viscosity Batch Viscosity Batch Viscosity
1 169 21 167 41 167 61 169
2 165 22 163 42 163 62 163
3 169 23 167 43 169 63 167
4 163 24 160 44 166 64 162
5 169 25 166 45 170 65 171
6 163 26 165 46 162 66 164
7 165 27 170 47 170 67 168
8 160 28 162 48 161 68 165
9 167 29 169 49 170 69 168
10 161 30 163 50 163 70 162
11 168 31 169 51 166 71 171
12 163 32 162 52 162 72 162
13 166 33 170 53 171 73 168
14 162 34 160 54 165 74 163
15 167 35 169 55 167 75 171
16 161 36 164 56 164 76 164
17 167 37 170 57 169 77 168
18 165 38 163 58 164 78 164
19 168 39 168 59 168 79 168
20 161 40 162 60 163 80 166
  165.6,  3.17,C p  0.53,C pk  0.42 ProcessCapability | 3

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